The mother of the actress Gabourey Sidibe, she spent decades singing full time as a busker in the New York City subways.

Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful vocals on the New York City subway before performing on "America's Got ...

She was a paid singer at The Harlem’s Cotton Club for many years. Tan was a regular singer with her family members in the New York subway station. Her brother Melton Lee Ridley Jr-affectionately ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Opera singer Neal E. Boyd, who won the third season of America’s Got Talent in 2008, died Sunday at the age of 42 in Sikeston, Missouri. “Neal passed ...

Alice Tan Ridley, the mother of Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe, died on March 25 in New York City. Her death was confirmed by her loved ones, including the “Precious” actress, 41, in an obituary ...